Tasks and Responsibilities

Support of DFG Statutory Bodies

Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

203-03 Animal Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
203-04 Sensory and Behavioural Biology

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

203-01 Special Zoology and Morphology
203-02 Evolution, Anthropology
203-05 Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
203-06 Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology (Zoology)

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Priority Programmes

1704	Flexibility matters: Interplay between trait diversity and ecological dynamics using aquatic communities as model systems (DynaTrait)

Research Units

1246	Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes
2281	Sociality and the reversal of the fecundity-longevity trade-off
2591	Severity assessment in animal based research
2716	Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: from island biogeography to metaecosystems [DynaCom]

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

Research Training Groups

2010	Biological Responses to Novel and Changing Environments
2118	Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes (BioMove)
2272	R3 - Responses to biotic and abiotic Changes, Resilience and Reversibility of Lake Ecosystems